Name: Pride on the Page 2025 Book Festival
Start: 2025-11-01T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-11-01T17:00:00-07:00
Location: Palm Springs Cultural Center

The Palm Springs Public Library Foundation presents the Fourth Annual Pride on the Page Book Festival Celebrating LGBTQ Authors and Voices.
About this Event

Join us for the 4th Annual Pride on the Page Book Festival for a full day of author panels and much, much more.

For more details, author information, and a full schedule go to: prideonthepage.org

The Fourth Annual Pride on the Page Book Festival is presented by the Palm Springs Public Library Foundation and the Palm Springs Public Library.

Agenda
10:00 - 11:00 am NOVEL CONVERSATIONS

Info: Panelists: Ryan O'Connell ("Just By Looking At Him") and Jonathan Parks Ramage ("It's Not the End of the World") in conversation with Byron Lane ("Big Gay Wedding") and Steven Rowley ("The Dogs of Venice").

11:15 am - 12:00 pm SO MANY STARS

Info: Moderator: Lex Ortega discussing Oral Histories across the Gender Spectrum with Panelist: Caro De Robertis ("So Many Stars: an Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color").

🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
POETRY LOUNGE, Theater Two (during lunch break)

Info: JUST ADDED! An outstanding group of LGBTQ+ poets will be reading from their works. Limited free lunch will be provided for those who attend (first come, first serve)
Poets: Gary Hunter, Doris Reed, Sweet Baby Jai, Lorenzo Taylor and others TBA.

2:00 - 2:45 pm GREAT BLACK HOPE

Info: Moderator: Will Dean talking with Panelist: Rob Franklin discussing his debut novel ("Great Black Hope").

3:00 - 3:45 pm PLEASURE & PAIN IN PERSONAL STORIES AND POEMS

Info: Moderator: Meredith Maran in conversation with Panelists: Melissa Febos ("The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex") and Donika Kelly ("The Natural Order of Things").

4:00 - 5:00 pm BOOK IT: THE INS AND OUTS OF GETTING PUBLISHED

Info: Moderator: Eduardo Santiago leading a discussion with Publishers: Tara Madison Avery publisher of Stacked Deck Press, Ian Henzel, co-founder Rattling Good Yarns Press, LLC, and Christine Svendsen, co-founder Sapphire Books Publishing LLC.

1:00 - 1:45 pm OUT LIVING/OUTLIVING

Info: Moderator: Steven Reigns with Panelists: Marisa (Mac) Crane ("A Sharp Endless Need") and Eric C. Wat ("Daddy Issues") discussing New Queer Fiction.